"HOW TO CURB THE DEADLY GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA"

Gun ownership in America is based on the legal provisions of the 2nd Amendment of the United States constitution. As of today, it is estimated that there are about 300 million guns in the hands of Americans which is about 50% of all the guns in the whole world. Every day about 20-30 Americans die from gun shots and every year about 10,000 unnecessary and preventable deaths occur as a result of gun violence in America. This nation is heavily divided when it comes to the issues of gun ownership and gun control. The National Rifle Association (NRA) champions the rights of all Americans based on the 2nd Amendment to own all types of guns that include the assault rifles, machine guns and automatic rifles for shooting range practices, seasonal hunting and self defense. The opposition groups want a regulated and a control gun ownership law in America as well as a ban on all types of assault rifles, machine guns and automatic rifles.

To successfully curb these rampant gun violences in America in 2012, this nation will need a national law that will regulate and control gun ownership. This law must make provisions for the following 3 things if this national problem will be addressed once and for all:

(i) A NATIONAL GUN BUY BACK PROGRAM : The United States government must be ready to buy back at least 200 million guns that are presently in the hands of American citizens through a national monetary inducement program. Every gun owner will be paid $500 for every gun that they decided to turn to the government under this national program. This program will generate about $100 billion that can help the struggling and the slowly recovering America's national economy. These gun owners will have about $100 billion in their hands that they can spend to boost the United States national economy.

(ii) A NATIONAL BAN ON ALL ASSAULT RIFLES, MACHINE GUNS AND AUTOMATIC RIFLES: These categories of guns are not needed for the three traditional reasons for owing a gun in America, namely, for shooting range practices, hunting and self defense. Most of the reported mass killings or shootings in the United States in the last 10 years occurred through the use of these powerful guns that have the ability to shoot around 100 rounds of ammunitions continuously before they are reloaded again for more shootings.

(iii) A NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND MENTAL EVALUATION PROGRAM UNDER THE OBAMACARE : The national statistics in America indicated that most of the mass shooters suffer from untreated or undiagnosed mental illness that primarily motivated those brutal mass killings of the innocent and defenseless Americans. The provisions of the Obamacare should be expanded by the act of the US Congress to cover the treatment of all Americans that are suffering from mental sicknesses and for the yearly evaluation of the mental and psychological states of all current gun owners and all new gun permit applicants.

WAS JESUS CHRIST TRULY WEALTHY AS CLAIMED TODAY BY THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL?

Was Jesus Christ financially and materially wealthy in his earthly ministry about 2,000 years ago as it is boldly and falsely claimed or promoted today by the preachers of the so called prosperity gospel all over the world? What is the biblical truth about Jesus' wealth? Was Jesus Christ rich by the conventional standards that were used in Palestine 2,000 years ago to judge the wealth of the wealthy individuals in that society? Did Jesus Christ own those material things that were publicly and privately associated with the wealthy 2,000 years ago in Palestine? Why did Jesus Christ borrow many things from the other people in his earthly ministry that the rich people of his days will never have borrowed because they would be able to afford them or they would had had them already? Why was Jesus Christ buried in another man's tomb if he was truly wealthy?

Why did the New Testament Bible never referred to Jesus Christ once as a wealthy preacher or a super-rich teacher. But the same New Testament Scriptures called some of the people that were associated with Jesus Christ on earth or came to him privately as wealthy secret disciple or a wealthy young ruler respectively? Why did Jesus Christ make a statement that no wealthy man would ever make:(foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the son of Man has no place to lay his head)?

If Jesus Christ was truly wealthy as it is falsely claimed by many today, then Jesus Christ would have left behind a lot of money and material things for his own family and his 12 Apostles to inherit on earth. Did Jesus Christ own businesses and other money making means of production like (farms, plantations, servants, cattle ranches, horse ranches, etc) that could have made him wealthy like the rich people of his days in Palestine? Why did Jesus Christ pay the minimum required taxes that were normally paid by the ordinary Roman citizens to the Roman government if he was truly wealthy or rich? Why did Jesus Christ do a miracle to get his own tax money by commanding one of his disciples to go fishing and to catch the first fish and then open the mouth of that fish caught in order to get the required tax money for himself and that disciple?

"And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head" - Luke 9:58.

ARE THE PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA MEETING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ALL NIGERIANS?

A university education in Nigeria in this 21st century human universe should serve as one of the strongest and the most effective weapons against poverty and ignorance. A good education should naturally opens the doors to many life's opportunities for the educated persons. The last 10 years in Nigeria can be called the age or the era of mass explosion or the rapid growth in the numbers of private university ownership. The owners of these privately owned universities are either religious organizations, such as the big Churches and Mosques, or the wealthy Nigerians. These universities were set up with the primary purpose of supporting the efforts of the federal and the state governments in Nigeria in providing university education for Nigerians and for the expansion of the university education opportunities to the millions of ordinary Nigerian youths. 

How readily or easily affordable and accessible are these private university education to the millions of Nigeria's high school graduates that need them for a better future? The average tuition rates for these universities run from about $3,000 to $4,000 a year (450,000 Naira to 600,000 annually) in a country that has 80% of her citizens live on chronic poverty of about $1 to $2 a day and with millions of Nigeria's workers earning poverty wages ($112 a month minimum wage) as well as a nation with youth unemployment rate of over 47%. 

Who is real fooling who in Nigeria today with these privately owned universities? Are these private universities truly meeting the needs of the millions of the ordinary Nigerian high school graduates who need the university education for a better and a brighter future but cannot afford one? Where are the available scholarships, financial aids, low interest loans, student work programs, tuition waiver programs and grants from these universities for these poor Nigerian students who are academically qualified and want university education but they cannot afford them? Time will surely tell.

"THE FOUR BIGGEST HUMAN EVENTS THAT CHANGED AMERICA AND THE WORLD FOREVER"

THESE FOUR BIGGEST HUMAN EVENTS IN THE LAST 50 YEARS THAT HAVE CHANGED THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOREVER:(i) The signing of the Civil Rights Bill into law in 1965 by the late President Lyndon Johnson which officially established the legal doctrine of equality of all human races in the United States constitution and in the entire American society for the first time since this nation was founded in 1776. This bill also fulfilled the requirements of the opening sentences of the American Declaration of Independence in all reality that says that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" - American Declaration of Independence.  

(ii) The rapidly changing presidential demographics in America since the 1980s. Today, over 34% of all Americans are now foreign-born United States citizens in 2012. The sudden rise in the population of the Hispanic-Americans that makes them to be the largest minority group in this nation today and also one of the major voting blocs will always determine who occupies the White House in America for a long time to come. The rapidly growing Hispanic-American population in America is posed to turn the traditional presidential red states of Texas, Georgia and Arizona into the presidential battle ground states by 2016 or beyond. 

(iii) The historical presidency of Barack Hussein Obama in 2008 as the first black man to break the color barrier and to rule the world's richest nation and the only superpower country in this 21st century human universe. Obama's presidency also inherited the worst national economy in America in the last 70 years and he made history again by winning a reelection in the midst of the slowly recovering national economy. The Obamacare which is now the official law of health care in America is also historic in nature by giving all Americans universal health care as a right for the first time in the history of this nation.

(iv) The invention of the internet technology, its various important uses especially in the worlds of E-Commerce, E-Learning and social networkings (Facebook, blogs, twitter, Youtube and My Space) have affected everything that we do daily in the American society and in the entire human universe forever by linking nations, businesses and people together in a split of a second.

IS ENGLISH THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES?

This is a very divisive and a controversial issue in America today. America as a country practices constitutional democracy that is based on the popular representation in the three tiers or branches of the United States government. The constitution of America is the supreme law of this nation and it governs the legal rights of the all American citizens and residents as well as the legal power, authority and the legal limitations of the American government. The entire constitution of America does not specify any official language anywhere nor does it imposed any language including English to be the official lingua franca for this nation or her citizens and residents.

The American Standard English remains the most popular and the majority language that most Americans speak, read, write and can understand. English is the language of prosperity and public opinion in America. English is the official language of academic instruction in all American schools and colleges. English remains the most popular and the majority language for business, commerce, sport, entertainment, politics, employment, workplaces and in most news media. Today in America, the English language is facing a serious competition from the Spanish language. The Spanish language is now the fastest growing language in America today because of the rapidly and the fastest growing Latino population.

Demographers and linguists have projected that by the year 2050, the population of the minority Americans will overtake the Caucasian population for the first time since the great union was founded about 236 years ago. This future development that is inevitable may eventually compelled the future Americans to become bi-lingua by learning the Spanish language alongside with English language. In the future in America, workplaces, schools, colleges, businesses, news media and entertainment world may also required a proficiency in Spanish language for all their students and employees. For now only time can surely tell.

"NIGERIA THRIVES ON DEBTS IN THE MIDST OF HUGE OIL REVENUES"

"NIGERIA IS THRIVING TODAY ON UNMANAGEABLE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DEBTS IN THE MIDST OF HER HUGE OIL REVENUES":An online news media out of Nigeria reported that Nigeria’s current total external debt stood at $6.2billion as of September 30, 2012 while her domestic debt profile was $38.37 billion. In one year of the administration of President Jonathan Goodluck, Nigeria’s debt profile has risen by $6.25 billion.

The news media reported also that the statistics from the Debt Management Office showed that the country’s debt profile under the presidency of Jonathan Goodluck in one year in office rose from $36.45 billion in March 2011 to $44.28 billion as of March 2012. The National Assembly, last week in Abuja approved another $7.3 billion borrowing plan for the federal and state governments respectively. The Federal Government also budgeted about 3.5 billion for the debt servicing. The debt to GDP ratio for Nigeria is about 20 per cent at the moment according to the news report.

What is the government of Nigeria doing with the daily revenues that come daily from the 2.5 million barrels of crude oil that they sell? What is the government doing with our other numerous sources of internal revenues that come from domestic taxes? What are the visible national developments on the ground in Nigeria today in 2012 to justify these huge domestic and foreign debt profiles?

Have these debts already reduced our huge unemployment rate that is over 50% at the moment? Have these debts already modernized our nation's health care facilities and current stone age educational systems? Have these debts already improved our outdated and over-crowded national infrastructures and social services? Have these debts already reduced the current poverty rate in Nigeria that is now over 80% and our state of insecurity? Do these leaders care at all about the future impacts of these debts on the nation and the Nigerians yet unborn? Only time will surely tell.

"NIGERIA WAS NOT A DIVINE CREATION OF GOD, BUT A BRITISH MADE POLITICAL EXPERIMENT"

Many Nigerians in their political ignorance, myopic thinking and religious insanity believe that the formation of the Nigerian nation in 1914 through the amalgamation of the Northern and the Southern protectorates together to become a British colony by Britain without holding a national referendum for all the 450 ethnic nationalities and the religious groups in that new colony was God's supernatural creation. 

Many Nigerians in their shallow minds also believe that Nigeria can never fail as a nation nor can she ever break-up or even disintegrate into smaller pieces of nations in the future, no matter the type of the external or the internal crises that we face today as a country because we have survived major internal crises and turbulent moments in our history as a nation including the brutal Biafran war that claimed millions of Nigerians mainly the Igbos and almost tore us apart as a country.

Nigeria as a nation in my own judgement cannot continue to defile the credible accounts and the natural trends of the recorded human history. Historically speaking, many bigger nations have emerged in the past from the political unions of many smaller nations, and side by side also, many other bigger nations in the past have also broken-up into small nations due to their enormous internal and external crises that they faced and were unable to resolve them peaceful or overcame them amicably. 

The newest African nation of South Sudan is a recent and also a very relevant political example of this type of human possibility in Nigeria today. The whole human race went into shocked in 1990 when one of the two super-power nations that was known at that time as the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) suddenly collapsed like a pack of playing cards and broke up overnight into 15 smaller countries. 

If those internal crises that are going on at the moment in Nigeria that started since 1914 to the present day are left unaddressed, they could point us to the same similar fate that had befallen other nations in the past, such as the nations of the former Sudan and India respectively that were all direct products of the same British colonization. These two former British colonies went through many different and many similar internal and external crises like Nigeria that were never solved amicably and those huge problems led to their final disintegrations into the smaller monolithic nations of the present day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh from India. The two nations of Sudan and South Sudan also came out of the former Sudan respectively.